Maintaining work life balance

Do you know the best way to beat burnout?
I know a lot of people will have different answers to this. According to WebMD, “the best way is by making out more time for the people and the activities that matter most to you.”
The truth is, being successful in business is quite challenging. For most people, coping with the demands of a personal life and a career is an unending challenge, especially at a time when many firms have laid off much of their workforce and place unreasonable expectations on their remaining employees.
In his book, The Power of Resilience: Achieving Balance, Confidence, and Personal Strength in Your Life, Robert Brooks says that: “Most people today are having a harder time finding balance in their lives because there have been layoffs or cutbacks in their place of work. They’re now scared it may equally affect them, so they’re putting in more hours.”
Brooks further stated that even if you don’t have much control … [Read more...] about 7 Proven Tips To Help You Maintain A Better Work-Life Balance

Being online, there are so many distractions out there, that slows down our work. Eespecially, if you are a busy person, you need to have a strategy to get more work done in less time. It should be a combination of smart work and hard-work. That includes delegating your work, making most out of your time, removing all distraction and many more. I have already shared some of the techniques which I use to stay productive.
There are hell lot of distractions online that will kill your precious time. Here I will share few more tips, that I started using recently, and it’s helping me to make most out of my time. After applying many of these tips, I could spend more time on other stuff, which I used to ignore earlier. I started setting priorities for work, maintain a To-do list and many other small life hacks, which is helping me to stay more productive.
Few life hacks to get more work done in less time
Don’t open Facebook/Email first thing in the morning
Whenever I look … [Read more...] about Productivity Tips to Get More Work Done In Less Time

Why is today’s world SO BUSY?
We keep hearing people complaining that their life has become so hectic.
They say they have no time to spend on what they really like to do.
As a boy growing up in Bangalore, India, I never heard my parents complaining like this.
Once my dad came back home from work, it seemed like he had all the time in the world to spend with us. He never said he was stressed at work, and he never said he had to work overtime on weekends.
So what has changed now?
Why is everyone talking about ‘balancing work and life’?
Give it a minute’s thought and you will realize that the main change has been “technology”.
But of course, the ever-evolving technology sector has helped mankind achieve what it couldn’t before.
Man has gone to the moon and back, and now Man is thinking of setting up homes on Mars- things which were unthinkable a short while ago.
But with great innovations come mighty … [Read more...] about How To Maintain A Perfect Work-Life Balance In 5 Simple Steps

Books are an amazing source of inspiration. Offering some insights into practical real-world survival tips, non-fiction books have always been at the helm as the source of inspiration for entrepreneurs. Even the busiest of the successful entrepreneurs like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates make sure that they cater some time daily for reading books. These non-fiction books make it easy to draw inspiration from some of the most experienced and insightful in the industry. While entrepreneurship is not just about doing one specific task perfectly, it is a combination of a multitude of skills, knowledge and domain understanding. Since the required domain knowledge is hard to gain without gaining some entrepreneurial experience in your niche, that void is filled by non-fiction books. Non-fiction books are often read by some of the top entrepreneurs like Warren Buffett, Richard Branson, and many more! While there are hundreds of non-fiction books, which of these would help you get the most out … [Read more...] about 21 Books to Read Before Starting Your Online Business

There’s something to be said for a 9-5 in terms of time management. Now, before you start emptying water jugs and throwing toner cartridges at me, hear me out.
In an office full of cubicles, memos, and staff meetings, someone else is ultimately in charge of your time. There’s a schedule for breaks and time off, and the amount of time you spend on social media is surely being policed in one way or another.
None of this is ideal; I understand that. But it does take a good load of the responsibility off of your shoulders.
As a freelancer, you get to set the alarm clock for whatever time you want in the morning. You’re in charge of your vacations, and you are the one who decides when it’s lunch time. But on top of that, you are also the person who has to set and meet deadlines instead of watching half a day’s worth of cat videos.
Okay, so you want to watch 75 minutes of cats nonchalantly batting cups of coffee off of countertops? No problem, I do too, … [Read more...] about 11 Awesome Productivity Hacks and Time Management Tips